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Microsoft is creating a new engineering group that’s focused on artificial intelligence. Led by former Meta engineering chief Jay Parikh, the new CoreAI – Platform and Tools division will combine Microsoft’s Dev Div and AI platform teams together, alongside some employees on the Office of the CTO team, to focus on building an AI platform and tools for both Microsoft and its customers.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined his vision for this new team in an...
8BitDo’s mobile controller offers a little more grip than others we recommend. | Image: 8BitDo
While the cradle-style Backbone One is a great mobile controller we often recommend, it’s not the right choice for everyone. Thankfully, 8BitDo’s Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller is a cheaper alternative for Android users, one that’s available at Amazon in black for $39.99 ($10 off) for the first time. That’s well below the Backbone One’s $100 MSRP and its typical sale price of...
Mercedes-Benz’s MBUX Virtual Assistant will use Google Gemini on the cloud. | Image: Mercedes-Benz / Google
Google Cloud’s new Automotive AI Agent platform promises to “continue conversations and reference information” throughout users’ drives, and the first car announced with it is the new Mercedes CLA. That car has the next-generation MB.OS operating system with an upgraded MBUX Virtual Assistant.
When Mercedes revealed it at CES in 2024, it didn’t say which company’s...
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Kellen Browning, a reporter based in San Francisco who has been covering the wildfires, was getting requests from evacuees, and he had a decision to make.
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Sonia Raman joins the New York Liberty coaching staff after five seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Women coaches with NBA experience are flocking to the WNBA — and former Memphis Grizzlies assistant Sonia Raman is the latest such example.
On Monday, the New York Liberty announced that Raman would be joining head coach Sandy Brondello’s coaching staff, rounding out a staff that also includes returning assistant coaches Olaf Lange and Zach...
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South Carolina dominated Texas and USC picked up a big win over Maryland.
So far in the 2024-25 NCAA women’s college basketball season, there haven’t been weeks of monumental shifts. A couple teams here and there dropping tough matchups, but all-in-all it has been mostly consistent.
That’s until last week.
Week 10 featured 13 of the top 25 in the country falling. It was a week of intrigue included a packed midweek schedule of close games and two...
J.J. Spaun walks off the 18th green during the final round of the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii. | Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
J.J. Spaun is in a terrific position to qualify for the first Signature Event of the season at Pebble Beach.
Year Two of the Aon Next 10 and Swing 5 is now underway with the completion of the Sony Open in Hawaii. These rankings help round out the season’s elite, 72-man Signature Event fields. Remember, the top 50 players from the prior year’s FedEx Cup...
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Veteran driver Fernando Alonso shared a photo of his preseason training, and he looks ready for the year ahead
Last May I attended the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix as an FIA-accredited journalist. It was the first F1 race I ever attended, and the experience seared a number of memories into my brain: Lando Norris’ first win, a dominant weekend from F1 Academy driver Abbi Pulling, a tremendous conversation with Alpine reserve driver Jack Doohan...
As the Biden administration heads into its final week, AI industry players are cozying up to the incoming president, likely in hopes that he’ll nix the restrictions.
With only a week left in office, the Biden administration is still firing off proposed rules, including new restrictions on exports of advanced AI computer chips that could help keep the U.S. ahead of rival nations—China, specifically.
Opponents feared the 76ers’ downtown arena would bring gridlock on game days as well as gentrification and rising rents to the area.
The Philadelphia 76ers have decided not to build a $1.3 billion downtown arena, a surprising move that comes just weeks after the team received approval for the controversial project from the city council.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday that multiple council members had confirmed the change in plans. The team has struck a deal with Comcast...
A little-known book that A.J. Brown was seen reading on the Eagles sideline Sunday was listed No. 1 on Amazon's best sellers list as of Monday morning.
Naomi Osaka, who is competing at the Australian Open, had somebody help her retrieve her daughter's birth certificate from her L.A. home after learning wildfires were within three blocks of it.